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BGL

What is blood glucose level?

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Hyper

What is extreme, excessive or high?

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Front of the Body

What is anterior?

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Cardi

What is the heart?

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Dysuria

What is painful or difficulty urinating?

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NKA

What is No known allergies?

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Dis

What is to rid of, to undo?

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Divides the body into left and right halves. 

What is the sagittal plane?

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Hemat

What is blood?

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Cyanosis

What is blue discoloration of the skin?

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GCS

What is Glasgow Coma Scale?

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Brady

What is slow?

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Movement towards the core

What is adduction?


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Path

What is disease?

300

Hypotension

What is low blood pressure?

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BVM

What is bag-valve mask?

400

Itis

What is inflammation?

400

Further from the Midline

What is lateral?

400

Pneum 

What are the lungs?

400

Apnea

What is the absence breathing?

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AED

What is automated external defibrillation?

500

Stasis

What is ceasing/remaining at a constant level?

500

Closer to the Trunk

What is Proximal? 

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Sept

What is contamination?

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Buccal

What is relating to the cheek?